You know it’s bad when a dude hits a home run to the opposite field and three bloggers are all waiting until he rounds third to hear the PA announcer tell everyone it was David Bote. That’s par for the course at Spring Training, particularly when you’re talking about one half of a split-squad game against a WBC opponent.
Things were a little different on the other side of town, as Anthony Rizzo and Addison Russell both went yard in a loss to the Broors. In an interesting dichotomy, the primary lineup was backed by a rotation of no-names, while John Lackey fronted the game against Team Japan.